Oral Histories

Oral history interview with Nona E. Colley conducted by Jim Strassmaier on September 25, 1987. Colley was featured in a film by Amos Burg about children in England for Encyclopedia Britannica.

Oral history interview with Chuck T. Collins conducted by Michael O'Rourke on October 19, 1999, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Collins was a member of the council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, from 1981 to 1986.

Oral history interview with Jack G. Collins conducted by Jim Strassmaier on March 22, 1989, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Collins discusses the implementation and use of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the U.S. District Court of Oregon, particularly as applied by Judge Gus Solomon.

Oral history interview with Jack G. Collins conducted by Bruce James on August 15, 1996, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Collins was an assistant U.S. attorney for Oregon.

Oral history interview with Jack G. Collins conducted by Sarah Ryan in 1998 as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Collins was an assistant attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Oral history interview with Cort Conley, conducted by Clark Hansen on May 10, 1998, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Conley discusses his experience as a boatman on the Salmon River and Snake River in Idaho, and talks about changes in the Hells Canyon area between 1972 and 1998.

Oral history interview with Reverend John T. Conner conducted by E. Paul Hovey on January 24, 1980. Conner was campus minister for Westminster House at Oregon State University and served as moderator for the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in 1977.

Oral history interview with Frank C. Cook conducted by Clark Hansen from November 29-30, 1989, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Cook was an aide to Hatfield from 1969 to 1973.

Oral history interview with Lew Cook conducted by Martha Gies in two sessions on June 20 and June 26, 1979. Cook discusses the difficulty of safely storing nitrate film, which can spontaneously combust; talks about spending time at Portland’s Film Row in the early 1920s; and describes running his own business showing films in towns around Oregon.